The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a $9 billion budget for fiscal 2013 — a 4 percent bump from fiscal 2012’s — inching the city closer to an expansion of its lucrative traffic camera program and longer hours for alcohol sales to bolster the District’s coffers.

The City-Parish Council voted tonight to extend Lafayette Consolidated Government’s contract with Redflex Traffic Systems to keep the controversial traffic cameras intact for another four years.

Bernice, Oklahoma trustees voted Monday not to refund illegally collected speeding ticket fines. The notorious Northeast speed trap town of just 500 residents was busted last month by the Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector for charging up to $545 for a single traffic ticket when it could only legally collect $50.

New York City seems to be taking tentative steps toward embracing privatizing their parking meter system, according to the Wall Street Journal. After putting the initial idea on hold for several months, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has restarted the process exploring the idea of a private firm operating the city’s 39,000 parking meters.

A New Jersey state Senator has introduced legislation that would ban municipalities from using camera systems which detect violations of traffic control signals and automate the process of issuing tickets to drivers.

A television news investigation has revealed that video cameras on some Providence school buses have generated tickets for questionable violations.

Fallout from a Sun Sentinel investigation of speeding cops widened Monday as the Florida Highway Patrol confirmed 31 troopers received oral reprimands for driving at excessive speeds and another 17 troopers are still under internal investigation.

The Vestavia Hills City Council tonight said no to traffic light cameras.

A group of motorists has launched a challenge to the Bluff City, Tennessee speed camera program. Earlier this month the class action suit was transferred to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

At least 20 people were victims of the same overenthusiastic Cary traffic camera system, and town officials are not happy. After an investigation revealed the repeated glitch, and amid a lawsuit regarding the camera network, two council members said Cary could make significant changes to its automated red-light ticketing program.